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Multi-tonal layers of concrete resemble bands of sediment on the walls of this visitor centre designed by Swiss architect Max Dudler for a medieval fortress in Germany (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A savings-driven redesign of the iconic, triangular Toblerone chocolate bar has not gone down well with the British public. Read more View the full article

Opinion: major landscape interventions like West 8's recently opened The Hills on Governors Island, along with planned improvements to transport links, will bolster New York's coherence as a multi-island metropolis says Alan G Brake. (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid, OMA, BIG, Renzo Piano and Herzog & de Meuron have all completed residential high-rises in Miami and Miami Beach. We've rounded up the key projects. Read more View the full article

Architects Luigi Valente and Mauro Di Bona have renovated the former church of Saint Rocco in southern Italy into a theatre with a black and white interior. Read more

Movie: Cyril Zammit of Art Dubai explains how the inaugural Dubai Design Week aims to establish the city as a global design centre, in the first movie from a series produced by Dezeen for Dubai Design Week. (more…) View the full article

London architecture studio Platform 5 has added a cranked extension to a Victorian house in Hackney, featuring a herringbone-patterned dining table that matches the parquet flooring. (more…) View the full article

Graphic designer Jessica Walsh has started her own company after nearly a decade working alongside fellow designer Stefan Sagmeister at New York design studio Sagmeister & Walsh. Read more

Zaha Hadid has paid tribute to "inspirational and enlightening" late German architect Frei Otto, while Norman Foster said Otto's "extraordinary structures altered the nature of architectural form in the 20th century". (more…)

Happy new year from the Dezeen team and best wishes for 2014! View the full article

Dutch studio Marc Koehler Architects has extended a former primary school in rural Belgium to create a community centre with a folded roof (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto has created a "100 per cent biological chair" using flax fibres – a completely biodegradable material that is most commonly used for banknotes, tea bags and linen. Read more View the full article

A spiral cafe with a rooftop garden in Chelsea, London, by architecture studio NEX has curved windows that can retract fully when the weather is good. Read more View the full article

Architectural sketches and motifs are etched across the concrete walls of the Museum for Architectural Drawing in Berlin by Russian architecture collective SPEECH Tchoban/Kuznetsov. (more...) View the full article

Prints of drawings by London designer Dominic Wilcox are available at Dezeen Super Store as part of London design month. (more…) View the full article

Developer Barratt Homes has promised to cover £2 million of work on a high-rise block in Croydon, south London, which failed cladding safety tests after the Grenfell Tower fire. Read more View the full article

Architectural collective OH.NO.SUMO have tucked a miniature cinema into the steps of a building on a busy street in Auckland, New Zealand. (more…) View the full article

This clock by graduate designer Rachel Suming is made of engraved aluminium plates that overlap every three hours to reveal the time. (more...) View the full article

A swing suspended from a floating stair and a spiral staircase of polished plaster are some of the details included by architecture studio Cousins & Cousins in a London house. Read more View the full article

Photo essay: now that North Korea is no longer the tourism black spot it once was, French photographer Raphael Olivier has travelled to the notoriously secretive nation's capital to capture its particular architectural style (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A grand top-lit atrium forms an entrance to concerts, recitals and classrooms at this music school in Manchester by local architects Stephenson: ISA Studio (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Vo Trong Nghia Architects, SevilPeach and Studio Drift have been named best architecture, interiors and design studios of the year at Dezeen Awards 2019. Read more View the full article

Formafantasma has curated a research-focused exhibition at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London, UK, which aims to unravel the global impact of the forestry industry. Read more View the full article

This collection of illuminated "totems" designed by Indian lighting brand Klove embodies an unconventional blend of art deco and tribal references. Read more View the full article

French architects Djuric Tardio have designed a wooden tipi that could be mass-produced to provide miniature nurseries in the parks of Paris. (more…) View the full article